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From: cdl@mplvax.EDU (Carl Lowenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Need HELP recovering files from tar damage
Keywords: tar corrupt file
Message-ID: <973@mplvax.EDU>
Date: 19 Jul 89 14:33:01 GMT
References: <4385@merlin.usc.edu> <18567@mimsy.UUCP> <11668@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <970@mplvax.EDU> <172@titania.warwick.ac.uk>
Reply-To: cdl@mplvax.ucsd.edu.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein)
Organization: U.C. San Diego, Marine Physical Laboratory
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In article <172@titania.warwick.ac.uk> cudcv@warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) writes:
>In article <970@mplvax.EDU> cdl@mplvax.ucsd.edu.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein) writes:
>>Maybe that's the only good feature of the DEC TK50 cartridge, the write-lock
>>mechanism out front where it can be switched over.  
>
>Ugh, you mean the write lock is on the drive rather than the tape ?  Surely
>readonliness is a function of the tape, not the drive.  
>... does this mean DEC TK50s have *no* good features ?

You misconstrue me.  The write lock is on the tape cartridge, but it is
on the outer face, so it can be changed while the cartridge is still
in the drive.
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	carl lowenstein		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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